Heather Freeman

 HeatherD. Freeman

Heather D. Freeman

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Biography

University of North Carolina Charlotte - Art

Professor of Art (Digital Media), UNC Charlotte
Fine Art
Heather
Freeman
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
• Currently research/shooting for a documentary comparing manifestations of social bots and the early modern perceptions of the witch's familiar.

• Pursuing solo and curated exhibition opportunities, nationally and internationally, and opportunities for collaborations with those in other disciplines.

• Pursuing research in digital and mixed media prints, animation, video and interactive mobile works.

• Currently Professor of Art at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, teaching Digital Media to undergraduate students and Co-Director of the CoA+A Digital Arts Center (D-Arts)

• Formerly Assistant Professor at Clemson University from 2005-2006. Taught Digital Art to undergraduate and graduate students in art and the Digital Production Arts masters program. Also taught Visual Rhetoric to PhD students in the Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design PhD program.

• Formerly Assistant Professor at University of Kentucky from 2002-2005. Taught Digital Media to undergraduate and graduate students and pursued research in digital print and video.

Specialties: Animation and motion graphics, Adobe Suite software, Blender 3D, 3D printing with ZYYX and Makerbot (5th gen), currently learning Maya,Unity for mobile app development, film and video. Experience in Installation Art and experience teaching Graduate Seminars, Drawing, Web Design, Graphic Design I, and Advanced Digital Imaging.


Experience

  • Artspace

    Exhibiting Artist

    Solo Exhibition

  • UNCC Archery Club

    Coach and Advisor

    Coach and advise the UNC Charlotte Archery Club. The club currently has over 60 members, and promotes the practice and learning of archery in all forms used in collegiate competition.

    http://unccarchery.blogspot.com/
    (Site currently under construction.)

  • McColl Center for Visual Art

    Affiliate Artist in Residence - 5 month

    Affiliate Artist in Residence

  • Southeast Society for Photographic Eductation

    Web Manager

    Web Manager

  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Professor Of Art

    Heather worked at University of North Carolina at Charlotte as a Professor Of Art

Education

  • Oberlin College

    BA

    Studio Art and German Studies

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

    Masters of Fine Arts

    Studio Art

  • Rutgers University

    Master of Fine Arts - MFA

    Fine/Studio Arts, General

Publications

  • Flederhund

    Heather D. Freeman and Jeff Murphy

    Quinn looks for his missing dog Barley in Central Europe, while Barley looks for Quinn. Friendly strangers help the two along the way, as they encounter strange creatures, troublesome squirrels, and wondrous landscapes. In takes a journey through half a dozen countries for the two friends to find the true meaning of home. Available as a softcover book, PDF, or interactive app for iOS and Android mobile devices.

  • Flederhund

    Heather D. Freeman and Jeff Murphy

    Quinn looks for his missing dog Barley in Central Europe, while Barley looks for Quinn. Friendly strangers help the two along the way, as they encounter strange creatures, troublesome squirrels, and wondrous landscapes. In takes a journey through half a dozen countries for the two friends to find the true meaning of home. Available as a softcover book, PDF, or interactive app for iOS and Android mobile devices.

  • Denisovan

    Heather D. Freeman

    "Denisovan" is a fictional imagining of a girl who died 40,000 years ago, published as an animated and interactive artist's book for iPhone/iPad and Android mobile devices. The story was inspired by the genomic mapping of a contemporary of early humans and Neanderthal, the denisovan hominin. A tooth and finger bone from a single individual were found in a cave in Siberia, and paleogeneticists were able to determine that they had discovered a whole new hominid. We know that the denisovan girl had brown hair and eyes, but we can only speculate about her relationship to her family members, and how parent child relationships may have evolved in the last 40,000 years. Available for free on iOS and Android mobile devices through iTunes and Google Play.

  • Flederhund

    Heather D. Freeman and Jeff Murphy

    Quinn looks for his missing dog Barley in Central Europe, while Barley looks for Quinn. Friendly strangers help the two along the way, as they encounter strange creatures, troublesome squirrels, and wondrous landscapes. In takes a journey through half a dozen countries for the two friends to find the true meaning of home. Available as a softcover book, PDF, or interactive app for iOS and Android mobile devices.

  • Denisovan

    Heather D. Freeman

    "Denisovan" is a fictional imagining of a girl who died 40,000 years ago, published as an animated and interactive artist's book for iPhone/iPad and Android mobile devices. The story was inspired by the genomic mapping of a contemporary of early humans and Neanderthal, the denisovan hominin. A tooth and finger bone from a single individual were found in a cave in Siberia, and paleogeneticists were able to determine that they had discovered a whole new hominid. We know that the denisovan girl had brown hair and eyes, but we can only speculate about her relationship to her family members, and how parent child relationships may have evolved in the last 40,000 years. Available for free on iOS and Android mobile devices through iTunes and Google Play.

  • Moving Image Workshop: Moving Image Workshop: Introducing animation, motion graphics and visual effects in 45 practical projects

    Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing

    Introductory level textbook on animation, motion graphics and visual effects. "If you need a fun, hands-on introduction to core animation techniques - then look no further! Heather Freeman guides you through a wide range of practical projects, helping you establish and build skills in narrative animation, motion graphics and visual effects. Each chapter begins by summarizing historical and theoretical concerns and connecting them with current practice and applications - all beautifully illustrated with stills from classic commercial and independent films, as well as contemporary examples from student work. Having established this context, the remainder of the chapter focuses on walking readers through their own creative projects. Topics covered include early animation technologies and techniques, scenes and staging, character animation, animated type, visual effects and motion graphics, pre- through post-production and experimental approaches to motion graphics. Dozens of sample files are available online, for experimentation and to get readers started on each exercise. The companion website also includes example animations as well as links to recommended software tutorials, recommended artist websites, blogs and animation channels."

  • Flederhund

    Heather D. Freeman and Jeff Murphy

    Quinn looks for his missing dog Barley in Central Europe, while Barley looks for Quinn. Friendly strangers help the two along the way, as they encounter strange creatures, troublesome squirrels, and wondrous landscapes. In takes a journey through half a dozen countries for the two friends to find the true meaning of home. Available as a softcover book, PDF, or interactive app for iOS and Android mobile devices.

  • Denisovan

    Heather D. Freeman

    "Denisovan" is a fictional imagining of a girl who died 40,000 years ago, published as an animated and interactive artist's book for iPhone/iPad and Android mobile devices. The story was inspired by the genomic mapping of a contemporary of early humans and Neanderthal, the denisovan hominin. A tooth and finger bone from a single individual were found in a cave in Siberia, and paleogeneticists were able to determine that they had discovered a whole new hominid. We know that the denisovan girl had brown hair and eyes, but we can only speculate about her relationship to her family members, and how parent child relationships may have evolved in the last 40,000 years. Available for free on iOS and Android mobile devices through iTunes and Google Play.

  • Moving Image Workshop: Moving Image Workshop: Introducing animation, motion graphics and visual effects in 45 practical projects

    Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing

    Introductory level textbook on animation, motion graphics and visual effects. "If you need a fun, hands-on introduction to core animation techniques - then look no further! Heather Freeman guides you through a wide range of practical projects, helping you establish and build skills in narrative animation, motion graphics and visual effects. Each chapter begins by summarizing historical and theoretical concerns and connecting them with current practice and applications - all beautifully illustrated with stills from classic commercial and independent films, as well as contemporary examples from student work. Having established this context, the remainder of the chapter focuses on walking readers through their own creative projects. Topics covered include early animation technologies and techniques, scenes and staging, character animation, animated type, visual effects and motion graphics, pre- through post-production and experimental approaches to motion graphics. Dozens of sample files are available online, for experimentation and to get readers started on each exercise. The companion website also includes example animations as well as links to recommended software tutorials, recommended artist websites, blogs and animation channels."

  • Pennipotens

    Animation (17:00)

    'Pennipotens' is based on the Flemish fairytale 'White Caroline and Black Caroline', first recorded by Edmund Dulac in 1916. Out of spite, a mother repeatedly tries to kill her 'beautiful' daughter, although her attempts are always secretly foiled by her beloved 'ugly' daughter.

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